Cardinal Martini: married AIDS victims CAN use condoms

A double punch this morning:

Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini said that in couples where one had HIV/Aids, which could pass to the partner, the use of condoms was "a lesser evil".

The Vatican says condoms should never be used, even to stop Aids spreading from one married partner to another." [More]

... and this from the man widely rumored to have placed second in the conclave that elected Benedict. I dare not browse through the news headlines a third time this morning...